(26503) Avicramer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 February 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Avilash Kalpathy Cramer (b. 1993) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental-management project. He attends the West Linn High School, West Linn, Oregon, U.S.A.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #11, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Avicramer is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Avicramer is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number26503
Provisional designation2000 CA9
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.84
Orbital period3.51 years
Semi-major axis2.31 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.92 – 2.70 au
Eccentricity0.168
Inclination9.01°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.955 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 2 February 2000

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